Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-06-25

him in at noon an ree-cesses, an it amt
good for his health-no, ma'am, it's very
bad on his health-it's wearin' on him
now-he can't stand it 'thout nc
exercise"
II only kept him in few times, and
it was because he never had his lessons. "
"But he says he al'ays has his lessons,
and that you al'ays keeps him in. An
then he tells me ye pounded him with a
club"
"Then be tells what isn't go, and you
know it !" replied Emma, with emphasis,
her anger rising.
Gone o my boys lie2 They don't never
do no such thing-I brought 'em up
different from that I'll hev you unner-
tand They tells the truth every time
and ye did pound poor little Johnny with
club Ye hain't no fit teacher fer a
school an I'm goin' TO see ef I can't get
ye turned out and scme'un in as can learn
the scholars an not pound 'em"
"Sha'n't l put him out2" asked
Edward Comstock, coming forward.
eyes" she said in tone which
showed that she would have done it
herself if she had been able. Then there
followed very lively though short en-
counted in which Mr.. butcher got
picked up and dropped a couple of
times, stepped on once and finally thrown
out through the door into large snow
bank, all of which feats were accom-
plished by Edward Comstock, the
largest boy in school, who was also
accused of harboring tender regard for
the teacher herself.
But though the valorous butcher had
been so artistically got rid of in the
morning 1t was much harder to dispose
of him in the afternoon when he called
with the remainder of the intelligent
School Board and announced that owing
to the fact that she had pounded one of
the children of member of that Board
with club and deprived him of needful
exercise-clearly proved by the child
himself-that they, as Board and in
pursuance of their duties, must dismiss
her as teacher and secure another who
would not jeopardize the health Of the
children of the members of that Board
''You will teach the coming winter,
thenT
''Don't you think can do it?"
"Why, it doesn't really seem as if you
would be successful as teacher. Where
are you going to teach9"
"Oh, over in the other county. Ma
reekoned couldn't get certificate even
if l had studied some since left here, but
the superintendent was a nice young man
and smiled at him and acted real sweet,
and he gave me one with pretty good
standing. l tell you it made ma open her
eyes"
eyes, know" she said, laughing,
''but another way this time. You re-
member how I graduated2"
eyes, believe that is what you
termed it,
"Well, there isn't any use of gradu-
ating unless it does you some good, is
there!"
Certainly not.V
Emma had expected such an outcome
of the difficulty and although she sup
pressed her feelings with difficulty, she
managed to keep them sufficiently under
control to indicate to Edward Comstock
to keep his seat, this young gentleman
having indicated his entire willingness to
come forward and throw the entire Board
out of the door if she was of the opinion
that it was for the best.
81 never hurt any of your children, .
she exclaimed, and put her foot down
very firmly, "but they all need it and l
don't want TO try to teach them any
longer anyhow" and she walked away
and left them.
A few days later she returned home
and soon after met Miss Bacon.
'Tm sorry to hear of your misfortune" "
said that lady.
"Oh, you needn't bel was glad to get
away, Emma replied.
SIS that soG I'm sorry you feel that
way about it, I'm afraid the time you
gave to it has all been LOST
"Well, don't know-I got engaged to
the biggest boy in the school and he'll
be twenty-one in the spring, and we're
going to be married then-I think that's
doing pretty we'll"
And as Miss Bacon thought of it and
remembered all the terms which she had
taught without accomplishing anything
Of that nature she admitted to herself
that perhaps Emma had done more than
she had at first given her credit for
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